I’m a front end web developer for the Cheshire and Manchester area. I design web sites for Congleton, Stockport, Manchester, Cheshire and surrounding area including e-commerce, portfolio and search engine optimised websites. If you need a front end web developer in Manchester, Cheshire or the surrounding area please contact Ben Frain.
Archive for January, 2007
January 25, 2007
Front end web developer and website designer in Manchester and Cheshire
By benfrain in Website DesignJanuary 25, 2007
Freelance website design in Stoke On Trent and Staffordshire
By benfrain in Website DesignThis is the blog of Ben Frain, a website designer for the Stoke On Trent area. I design web sites for Hanley, Newcastle-under-lyme, Stafford and surrounding area including e-commerce, portfolio and search engine optimised websites. If you need a website designer in Stoke On Trent or the surrounding area please contact Ben Frain.
January 20, 2007
WRITING: Digital Video magazine, where to subscribe
By benfrain in WritingWith the closure of ‘Computer Video’ magazine back in 2005 and Cam User converting to Digital Video, the latter magazine is perhaps the best source of info on DV shooting, editing and output. In the past twelve months I have submitted a tutorial a month (6 on basic Final Cut Pro use and 6 on [...]
January 20, 2007
WRITING: Making video footage more like film
By benfrain in WritingSomebody has kindly pointed out that an article I wrote for Digital Video (then Cam User) back in 2003 is still up on the web as a pdf download. It covers the major aesthetic differences between DV and film and ways to combat that ‘video’ look. For those interested head over to the Digital Video [...]
January 18, 2007
POLITICS: BBC racist? Do they deserve our licence fee?
By benfrain in RantIs it purely coincidence that in BBC news items the ethnicity of characters are specifically omitted? The cynical can quite easily argue that the BBC has its own agenda and is attempting social engineering. In the following story http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/6253449.stm the BBC fails to mention that the assailants were all asian. Yet, when the shoe is [...]
January 18, 2007
TECH: OSX – ‘Minimise all’ or rather ‘where’s my desktop’?
By benfrain in Tech-tipAs a user of OSX on the mac since day one, a problem that a lot of newcomers to the system come across is the absence of a ‘minimise all’ feature. Windows actually solves this problem perfectly with the ‘show desktop’ button in the taskbar section. As far as I am aware there is no [...]
January 18, 2007
POLITICS: EU trying to ban ‘violent’ computer games
By benfrain in Personal, RantIs there no area of our daily lives the EU doesn’t want to poke its nose? I came across this story on the Macworld UK site and was horrified. Banning violent computer games – do they really think that is the solution to the world’s ills? Do they not recognise sick people are sick people? [...]
January 7, 2007
Website Design for Congleton, Cheshire and Manchster
By benfrain in Website DesignThis is the blog of Ben Frain, a website designer for the Congleton, Cheshire and Manchester area. I design web sites for the Congleton, Cheshire and Manchester area including e-commerce, portfolio and search engine optimised websites. If you need a website designer in Congleton or the surrounding area please contact Ben Frain.
